-OT- delete if you like - * Re: : Thyroid-S SIM

March 1, 2005

Sim,

It probably doesn't matter much, but I would like to know just what it means

to be " on the spectrum " .

I was recently told at a mercury toxicity yahoo site that I was " on the

autistic spectrum " .

I question the credibility of the person that told me this, however, how can

I question what is being told me when I do not know what it means? What does

it mean, exactly?

~Inga

> Hi ;

>

> I'm so sorry to hear about everything you have (and are still)

> going thru. I, also, have a child on the spectrum. He is 8 with

> asperger's syndrome.

>

> Sim

March 1, 2005

Sim,

It probably doesn't matter much, but I would like to know just what it means

to be " on the spectrum " .

I was recently told at a mercury toxicity yahoo site that I was " on the

autistic spectrum " .

I question the credibility of the person that told me this, however, how can

I question what is being told me when I do not know what it means? What does

it mean, exactly?

~Inga

> Hi ;

>

> I'm so sorry to hear about everything you have (and are still)

> going thru. I, also, have a child on the spectrum. He is 8 with

> asperger's syndrome.

>

> Sim

March 1, 2005

Sim,

It probably doesn't matter much, but I would like to know just what it means

to be " on the spectrum " .

I was recently told at a mercury toxicity yahoo site that I was " on the

autistic spectrum " .

I question the credibility of the person that told me this, however, how can

I question what is being told me when I do not know what it means? What does

it mean, exactly?

~Inga

> Hi ;

>

> I'm so sorry to hear about everything you have (and are still)

> going thru. I, also, have a child on the spectrum. He is 8 with

> asperger's syndrome.

>

> Sim

March 1, 2005

thanks. It telle me I am NOT onthe autisitc spectrum...but my guess is that

had I had some mercury based vacines (I was too allergic and they did not

give me much of anything), I would likely have gone autistic.

Thanks.

I will save this info to file

~Inga

>

> Hi Inga;

>

> Autistic spectrum disorders is an umbrella term for several dx's

> as per the DSM-1V. What they all have in common is impairment in a

> triad of areas:

>

> 1) Communication

>

> 2)Social Skills

>

> 3)Imagination

>

> Although in varying degrees of severity and differences in

> intelligence. It is determined by professionals who use various

> checklists. The following are some of the actual dx's:

>

> 1) Asperger's Syndrome: these people have either normal to genius

> level IQ's. These people usually do much better on their verbal iq's

> than performance. They are usually very verbal; but may have some

> strange aspects to their communication; such as being too literal,

> semantic pragmatic problems, or being overly pedantic. Another

> hallmark of AS is obssessions; sometimes odd obssessions. Many are

> clumsy and have poor handwriting. They also suffer from lack of

> social intuition , a phenomenon known as " mind Blindness " . (it's

> called the absent minded professor syndrome; usually they excel in

> science , art, math, etc.) My son has to learn all social skills

> thru his superior logic skills, because he just doesn't see the

> hidden social stuff that others can intuit.Other , famous cases of

> Asperger's Syndrome have been attributted to Bill Gates, Albert

> Einstein, and Glenn Gould.

>

> 2) HFA : very similar to AS; except that some say that High

> Functioning Autistic people do better on performance rather than

> verbal iq; and many are much better at gross motor skills. I'm

> pretty sure that HFA does not have the same standard of normal to

> superior intelligence to be dxed; but I could be wrong. Most of us

> who have AS kids and know HFA kids, or those who have both usually

> think the HFA kids are a lot easier to deal with; usually a lot less

> argumentative, etc.

>

> 3)PDD-NOS: Means that someone has autistic traits, but not enough to

> get any of the other dx's on the spectrum.

>

> 4) Classical or Kanner autism: these are the people that most people

> think of when they think of autistics.

>

> 5) Child Disintegrative Disorder: These kids develop normally until

> their 1-2 year; then they lose all their skills . Heartbreaking.

>

> 6) Rhett's SDyndrome: only affects girls. They say that this form is

> always accompanied by mental retardation, but I've seen people

> affected with Rhettes online who had superior intelligence; but they

> just could not speak because they had messed up neuro pathways

> between the mouth and brain.However, a few have made superb websites!

>

> Hope this helps;

>

> Sim

>

>> Sim,

>> It probably doesn't matter much, but I would like to know just

> what it means

>> to be " on the spectrum " .

>>

>> I was recently told at a mercury toxicity yahoo site that I

> was " on the

>> autistic spectrum " .

>>

>> I question the credibility of the person that told me this,

> however, how can

>> I question what is being told me when I do not know what it means?

> What does

>> it mean, exactly?

>>

>> ~Inga

>>

>>> Hi ;

>>>

>>> I'm so sorry to hear about everything you have (and are still)

>>> going thru. I, also, have a child on the spectrum. He is 8 with

>>> asperger's syndrome.

>>>

>>> Sim

>

March 1, 2005